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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Eamon O’Leary to teach song, guitar and tenor banjo as part of Boxwood’s Williamsburg Traditional Music Weekend

The New York based Irish
musician Eamon O’Leary of The Murphy Beds and Live at Mona’s will join Kim
Robertson, celtic harp and Chris Norman, traditional flutes and small-pipes, as
instructors at Boxwood’s Williamsburg Traditional Music Weekend, March 7-10,
2013 in historic Williamsburg, Virginia. The weekend will offer classes, sessions, an evening performance, and the opportunity
for private lessons.

The fact that Eamon
O’Leary is teaching Irish tenor banjo is of particular interest to me.His 2012 recording with Jefferson Hamer titled The Murphy Beds was my favorite album
from last year, and O’Leary has also been pegged as the banjo instructor at
Augusta Heritage’s Irish Week in July.I
attended Augusta Irish Week last year, but am not sure I will be able to make
it this year, so the opportunity for private instruction with Eamon O'Leary closer to home on
a more condensed basis is one that I don’t want to pass up!

Some
special events during the Traditional Music Weekend include a pennywhistle
class on Thursday open to complete beginners, a Friday evening concert at the
Williamsburg Library, and a traditional
music session on Saturday from 8-10:30pm at the Dog Street Pub, open to
all. For more information and to sign up for classes and/or lessons click here:http://www.boxwood.org/williamsburg

About
Boxwood:

Boxwood
shares and explores the roots and branches of musical traditions in a
holistic approach that integrates music, dance, language and crafts in
educational outreach programs for adults, kids and professionals.Boxwood aims to present ideas that encourage
musicians to leave the printed page and find their own voice.

Attention
tune-catchers: The annual week-long Boxwood Canada festival, in the
lovely town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, looks like it would be a great way to
spend a vacation, if total immersion in traditional music is your kind of getaway!